Apple Hits Podcast Ready with Nastygram — Apple Computer has slapped Podcast Ready with a "cease and desist" letter, claiming that the terms "Podcast Ready" and "myPodder" infringe Apple's trademarks, and that they cause confusion among consumers. The company has been cracking down on use of the word …

A Cast By Any Other Name... According to Wired News's Listening Post blog, Apple has sent a cease and desist letter to Podcast Ready claiming that the terms "Podcast Ready" and "myPodder" infringe on Apple's trademarks, and that they cause confusion among consumers.

Kernel developers' position on GPLv3 — The Dangers and Problems with GPLv3 — Trond Myklebust David Woodhouse … 1 Linux and GPLv2 — Over the past decade, the Linux Operating System has shown itself to be far and away the most successful Open Source operating system in history.

Adobe flashes on VoIPifying the web — How do you voice enable the whole web? With Adobe Flash. My host walks me into his tiny war room at Adobe North. The tables strewn with copies of VON magazine, and Sinnreich's Internet Communications Using SIP. The white board has an architectural map …

Sony Cuts Price of PlayStation 3 to $410 — TOKYO — Sony Corp. said Friday it will lower the price of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console, heating up the competition in the next-generation gaming war against rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.

Palm Treo 680 for Cingular — Ah nothing like an upcoming Treo story to get the adrenaline of a tech junkie flowing! It has been confirmed by industry insiders that the much talked about Treo 680 is the real thing and will be released for 20 networks worldwide.

AMAZON AND TIVO GET IN MOVIE BIZ — Apple has made clear its ambition of taking over the living room. Now Amazon is looking for a seat on the couch. — Amazon, the giant online retailer that recently launched a digital video downloading service that competes with Apple's iTunes …

Cablevision Gave Backdated Grant To Dead Official — Cablevision Systems Corp. awarded options to a vice chairman after his 1999 death but backdated them, making it appear the grant was awarded when he still was alive, according to a company filing and people familiar with the matter.

#1 William Henry Gates III — SOURCE Microsoft (quote: MSFT), Software, Self made — EDUCATION Harvard University, Drop Out — In June Microsoft's visionary announced his retirement from company he cofounded 31 years ago. Ray Ozzie, a former foe at Lotus, will assume …

Publishers aim for some control of search results — Global publishers, fearing that Web search engines such as Google are encroaching on their ability to generate revenue, plan to launch an automated system for granting permission on how to use their content.

AguaT brings the Aqua back to iTunes 7 — If you aren't hip on the un-Aquaness of the new iTunes 7, AquaT might just be the remedy for adding some of Apple's more standard UI elements back into their straying media software. As you can see, it brings the candy-blue scrollbars …